The Decisive Battles of World History

Hammond, N. G. L. “The Campaign and Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 BC.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 108 (1988), pp. 60 ...

Bibliography The History of al-Tabari, vols. 11 (Khalid Yahya Blankinship, trans.) and 12 (Yohanan Friedmann, trans.). Albany: S ...

Lynch, John. Simón Bolívar: A Life. New Haven: Yale University Press. Detailed, even-handed biography of “the Liberator.” Massie ...

Bibliography Morgan, David. The Mongols. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007. Probably still the best general survey of the ...

Polybius. History of Rome. Account of Rome’s conquest of the Greek east, including the fullest description of the Battle of Cyno ...

Bibliography Sears, Stephan. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam. New York: Mariner Books, 2003. Good, detailed account ...

Sumner, Ian. The First Battle of the Marne. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, Typical Osprey publication—a short but reliable account ...

Bibliography Urban, William. The Teutonic Knights: A Military History. London: Greenhill, 2003. Good, reliable, and readable vol ...